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Electricity supply and firm agglomeration in Ghana

Project Active from 1 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2026 Sustainable Growth

This project examines how the allocation of electricity outages by utilities affects firm outcomes and economic growth in a low-income country. Using a unique spatial dataset and machine learning, it estimates the impact of outages on firm productivity and agglomeration in Ghana.

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Niclas Moneke

Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Tim Dobermann

Tim Dobermann

Research Director, International Growth Centre
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Ignacio Banares Sanchez

PhD Candidate in Economics, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science

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